STEM Light - Digital Edition

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A curriculum that is specifically designed to meet the STEM requirements. This module presents projects and explorations in Light and its various forms. As with all STEM based curriculum it incorporates open-ended enquiry, and is completely project based. 

Aimed at lower elementary, this curriculum contains explorations for each level, prompting children to have in-depth conversations based on a spiraled set of explorations. 

The accompanying teacher's notes/manual is carefully designed to give enough information and guidance in how to present the lesson that teachers immediately feel comfortable in presenting the fundamental concepts. 

Includes experiment cards and Teacher's Manual. Concepts touched on are as follows:

• NGSS and CC Standards
• Historical figures
• Light
• Important Terms
• Properties of Light
• Illumination
• Translucence
• I Spy
• Light Communication
• Light Spectrum
• Mixing Pigment 
• Stained Glass
• Mixing Pigment vs Mixing Light
• Optical Inversion
• Why is the Sky Blue?
• Sundials
• Appendix

RESOURCES

Questions and Answers about ETC Digital Files

Science Record Forms

Graphing Worksheet

Engineering Design Process Form

Take a look at our Science Flow Chart for Lower Elementary to see how this work fits in with the traditional Montessori curriculum.

Locate and download the file from the ETC Montessori Dropbox Server.